What’s a Teen Science Café?

Teen Science Cafés are a free, fun way for teens to explore the big advances in science and technology affecting their lives. Teens and local scientists, engineers, and inventors engage in lively conversations and activities to explore a topic deeply.

Sustaining Teen Science Cafés

Sustaining teen science cafés or any other type of free education program is a challenge for most institutions. Some institutions have a Development Office that can help find small to large pockets of money for these activities, but others rely on the program director to find those funds. To help Members build skills in seeking funds from private and corporate foundations and charities, we are sponsoring a series of webinars to learn some of the tricks of the trade.

2014 Schedule for the Sustainability webinar series
The webinars on Sustainability will be on Tuesdays at 1:00 ET. The webinar series will be presented by Carol Conine of Conine and Associates and Howard Rutherford, at University of South Florida School of Marine Sciences. The full schedule for the series is:

March 11: How to Identify and Research Prospects. You can download the presentation and a recording of the webinar from our Resources catalog.March 18: Developing a Case Statement and Building the ConnectionsApril 22: Elements of a Strong Proposal: Tips and Tricks of the TradeMay 6: Panel of Funders’ Share Their Perspectives
After the webinar series concludes, we will schedule once a month virtual meetings for the group to convene and report on progress, challenges, and successes.

Note: The recordings of these past webinars can be found in our Resources area.